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Unloading Chinese Steel

Longshoremen with Logistec unload the cargo ship Parandowski at state pier in New London Monday, November 4, 2013. The ship arrived Sunday carrying coils of rolled Chinese steel and will be unloaded by tomorrow afternoon.

Longshoremen with Logistec unload the cargo ship Parandowski at state pier in New London Monday, November 4, 2013.

A lift truck moves down the pier as Longshoremen with Logistec unload the cargo ship Parandowski at state pier in New London.

A lift truck loads coils of rolled steel onto flatbed trucks to be moved to the warehouse as longshoremen with Logistec unload the cargo ship Parandowski at state pier in New London.

Longshoremen with Logistec, from left, Jay Crepeau, Charlie Rolls and Sam Blackburn unload the cargo ship Parandowski at state pier in New London.

Longshoremen with Logistec, from left, Charlie Rolls, Jay Crepeau and Sam Blackburn guide a load to the ground.

Longshoremen with Logistec, Jay Crepeau, front, and Sam Blackburn guide a load to the ground as they unload the cargo ship Parandowski.

Longshoremen with Logistec connect cable slings to coils of rolled steel in the hold of the cargo ship Parandowski as the ship is unloaded at state pier in New London.

Longshoremen with Logistec connect cable slings to coils of rolled steel in the hold of the cargo ship Parandowski as the ship is unloaded at state pier in New London.

Longshoremen with Logistec watch as the crane lifts three coils of rolled steel out of the hold of the cargo ship Parandowski as the ship is unloaded at state pier in New London.

Longshoreman Charlie Rolls, left, marks a coil of rolled steel with its destination as workers with Logistec unload the cargo ship Parandowski at state pier in New London.

A flatbed tractor trailer hauls four coils of rolled steel from the pier to the warehouse.

The Cypriot-flagged cargo ship Parandowski unloads a cargo of rolled steel at State Pier in New London Monday. The ship arrived Sunday and unloading began Monday morning, to be complete by Tuesday afternoon. Cargo traffic at the pier has shifted away from lumber to metals in recent years.